The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-01
TAKES A SQUARE STAND
PRESIDENT MADDEN DECLARES
HIMSELF ON WATER.
In Favor Of City Ownership, but Op.
posed TO Violating q Fair
Contract.
MR.. GRAVESS PETITION RE.
COMMITTED.
Agreement Of Street Railways and
the Taxing Distrlct-LegislatiVe
Council Meeting.

The interests Of the city are becom
ing 80 vast and important that weekly
meetings Of the Legislative Council
are almost necessity. The membe n
OF the Council are slso fully alive Il
the. demands upon them, and a.tenC
promptly. Another meeting was helC
yesterday afternoon, with Presiden
Hadden and Messrs. Lee, Rlndle
Graham, Montgomery, Patterson anC
Wallace present. The session wa
prolonged until nearly 6 O'Clock the
longest yet held. The first business
taken up was that CT
BUILDING PERMITS,
w. S. Bruce & Co., 81 and 80 Mon
roe street; grated, under direction o.
Chief Cleary.
P.J. Heffsrnap, Winchester street
near third laid over.
]. Friedlsnder, Second street, corner
of alley next to Overton rejscied.
W. A. Smith, corner Mccall anC
Clinton streets; granted for three
years.
s. Gabay, % and "a Linden street
granted, never TO be inclosed, and NJ
floor.
J. A. Fry, rear Of 1856 Poplar street
rejec,ed
BRICK BUILDINGS.
The following was introduced by Mr.
Randle:
Beaorddined, That all partition walls
in blocks of brick houses to be erected
hereafter within the Taxing District
shall have projections formed on both
sides of the walls, with good, hard
burned brick laid in cement mortar,
and OF sufficient strength to support
tie joists and any required weight
They shall be constructed according
to the plans and specifications of the
District Engineer and under his direc
tions. In no instance will the joists
or any of them be. allowed to pene
trate the partition walls. Passed Oh
its first reading.
PETITIONS.
A petition was read from owners Of
adjacent property, asking for the
opening of the alley rut ming north
and south from Georgia street to Caro-.
lima through block q, between lots l,
2, 3 and 4, on the east, and lots and
8 on the west. President Hadden e1.
planned that there were a number oil
houses built on the ground, and there
was no doubt Of its being public prop
erty. They were ordered to move off.
A numerously signed petition, ask
ing the Council to reconsider its action
of the last meeting ordering the re
moval of the fence from around Court
Square and let it remain, was accepted.
Capt. Lee then moved TO retain the
fence, which WAS lost. A motion was
then made and carried that the peti.
ton be received aud filed.
r P. Grant, as President of the
Bricklayers' Union; ]. D. Strader and
B B. Wright, President and Secretary,
respectively, of the Timers Union,
and Joseph Page, President Of the
Molders' Union, petitioned as follows :
1--WE, the undersigned, respectfully
request that, as nearly all Of the trades
er gagged in out of door work land
ther fore the only ones that work by
the city bells) now stop work at 3
O'Clock pm. for the first five days Of
the week and ut O'Clock pm. on Sat.
urday, the Chief OF the Fire Depart
ment be instructed to ring the city
bells at and II O'Clock M, az at
present, and at l and 5 o'clock pm.
on the first FIVE working days OF he
week, and at l and 4 o'clock pm. on
Saturday"
Failed to 60 through, as being out
Of the province of the Council.
BIDS AWARDED.
The contract fJr lighting the city
was referred to the President for con-
ference with the Gas Light Company.
Shoe ng horses and mules-Awarded
to A. Swind, at 81 80.
Furnishing bread to hospitsls-W.
@. Smith, So so per 100 pounds, an in
crease of 5 GEMS.
Coal-Hunt & Bro, S61 cent, per
barrel.
Feeding prisoners at Station House
Bids OF Mr.. Graves and Mis-. Morton
rejected.
Nest for hospital-Bid of Mr.. War
ner rejected.
The following communication from
the law department of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad was taken up.
1t was addressed to the Hon. David P.
Hadden, and signed by Poaton 4 Pos
ton:
"Your communication OF this date
relative to construction by the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany OF bridge over Monroe street
when extended, duly to hand aud
contents have been carefully noted.
Since its reception we have again gone
over the deeds of the property owned
by the company, and inform you that
there is no ouch street as Monroe
street that extends or crosses their
railroad track, the property over which
it is proposed 10 be extended being
the private property OF the company,
bought MANI years ago from private
citizens, and over which the corporate
authorities have no control. We
therefore decline to accede to your
demands, and notify you that such
bridge will not be built, either by our
selves or any other person, except
after being duly and lawfully author
ICED by some proper legal authority in
the premises, as tie property over and
upon which the same ia proposed to
be erected is not subject to any such
use ard easements rs you seem to
contemplate"
Referred to City Attorney Walker
for immediate report.
THE STREET RAILWAYS
John Overton, jr. read the following
memorandum OF agreement between
Napoleon Hill, for the street car COM
panies, and David P. HaddeD, Presi-
dent OF the Taxing District. Mr.. Over
ton announced, before proceeding,
that be had nothing further to do with
the paper than submit it:
l. All suits to be ended and dis
missed, and court costs to be paid by
street car. companies and all claims
sgainet the Taxing District dismissed.
2. Jefferson street TO be put in fret
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